Yq Cui
Jilin University, Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology, Faculty Member
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Wheat has been one of the most important crop in Eurasia since the Neolithic period. Understanding the spread of wheat cultivation is crucial to understanding the spread of agriculture as a whole and the interactions between prehistoric... more
Wheat has been one of the most important crop in Eurasia since the Neolithic period. Understanding the spread of wheat cultivation is crucial to understanding the spread of agriculture as a whole and the interactions between prehistoric populations across the Eurasian continent. However, the routes by which wheat cultivation spread eastwards have been poorly understood to date, due to the
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Research Interests: Ancient History, Genetics, Geography, Genetic Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and 23 moreClimate Change, Genomics, Population Genetics, China, Return Migration, Molecular Genetics, Epigenetics, DNA, Cytogenetics, Bronze Age, Mitochondrial DNA, Population, Humans, Pharmacogenetics, Female, Ancient DNA, Clinical Genetics, Male, Y chromosome, Clinical Sciences, Human Genome, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, and Asian Continental Ancestry Group
The Yuansha site is located in the center of the Taklimakan Desert of Xinjiang, in the southern Silk Road region. MtDNA was extracted from fifteen human remains excavated from the Yuansha site, dating back 2,000–2,500 years. Analysis of... more
The Yuansha site is located in the center of the Taklimakan Desert of Xinjiang, in the southern Silk Road region. MtDNA was extracted from fifteen human remains excavated from the Yuansha site, dating back 2,000–2,500 years. Analysis of the phylogenetic tree and the multidimensional scaling (MDS) reveals that the Yuansha population has relatively close relationships with the modern populations of South Central Asia and Indus Valley, as well as with the ancient population of Chawuhu.